Fatality Following Intentional Ingestion of Cerbera odollam Seeds
Seeds from the mangrove plant Cerbera (C.) odollam, known as the “suicide tree,” are responsible for a significant number of plant deaths worldwide but are not well recognized in Western medicine. Cerberin is a cardiac glycoside concentrated in the plant’s seeds, which causes disrupted cardiac elect...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1gz3g513 |